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12Stocks.com: Investing and Trading in Materials Sector
Best Gold and Commodities Stocks of the Day - The best performers from the last trading session:-

Coeur Mining [137.31%], United States [55.40%], Scotts Miracle-Gro [34.57%], Ecolab [33.49%], Kronos Worldwide [30.20%], Axalta Coating [22.35%], Linde [21.99%], NewMarket [20.86%], Hecla Mining [20.43%], Eastman Chemical [19.77%],

The top 10 best trending stocks:-

Mosaic [2.76%], Worthington Industries [3.00%], United States [55.40%], Sensient Technologies [2.42%], Compass Minerals [-1.28%], NewMarket [20.86%], Freeport-McMoRan [3.31%], Steel Dynamics [1.75%], MP Materials [1.21%], FMC [2.68%],

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12Stocks.com:Current Chart and Performance of Materials Sector in a Glance
GDX : Tracks to perform similar to Amex Gold Miners Index
Performance  Weekly: 1.27%    Daily: 1.38%
Year-to-date Performance : 45.77%
Relative Performance: The materials sector is outperforming the market (S&P 500) by 51.5%
Materials sector is composed of stocks from Metals, Precious Metals (Gold, Silver), Mining and services subsectors.

Materials sector, as represented by XLB, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of materials stocks (e.g, Alcoa, Newmont Mining)  is up by 45.77% and is currently outperforming the market (S&P 500) by 51.5%.

Year to date, the leading largecap materials stocks are MP Materials [59.29%], Newmont [46.13%], Royal Gold [37.99%], Mosaic [21.28%], NewMarket [15.05%], Steel Dynamics [12.61%], Corteva [8.37%], Linde [7.36%], Reliance Steel [7.15%], Ecolab [2.27%], Nucor [0.33%] .

This guide helps to identify investing opportunities in materials sector. Check daily for updates.

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MATERIALS
SECTOR
PERFORMANCE
-1.16%
(YEAR-TO-DATE)
0.18%
(WEEKLY)
11.41%
(DAILY)
 
12Stocks.com: Top Performing Materials Stocks

We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within materials sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers.

First, let us look at major subsectors (gold & silver, coal, steel) within Materials sector and look at their performances year to date - GDX [45.77%], SLX [3.66%], .

Among larger materials stocks (marketcap > 3 Billion), the top performing stocks year to date are MP Materials [59.29%], Newmont [46.13%], Royal Gold [37.99%], Mosaic [21.28%], NewMarket [15.05%], Steel Dynamics [12.61%], Corteva [8.37%], Linde [7.36%], Reliance Steel [7.15%], Ecolab [2.27%], Nucor [0.33%] .

Now, more recently, over last week, the largecap materials stocks on the move up are - MP Materials [1.8%], Balchem [1.59%], CF Industries [1.49%], Albemarle [1.42%], Mosaic [1.41%], Scotts Miracle-Gro [1.21%], Royal Gold [1.1%], Reliance Steel [1.07%], FMC [1%], Air Products [0.88%], Nucor [0.73%] .

The top performing stocks year to date (YTD) in the midcap and smallcap materials sector are SSR Mining [52.73%], i-80 Gold [33.42%], NovaGold Resources [30.63%], United States [27.42%], Sensient Technologies [27.09%], Worthington Industries [25.14%], Hecla Mining [19.64%], Compass Minerals [15.56%], Hawkins [0.76%], Coeur Mining [-0.35%], Tredegar [-0.78%] .
LEADING MATERIALS STOCKS
MP MATERIALS: 59.29%
NEWMONT : 46.13%
ROYAL GOLD: 37.99%
MOSAIC : 21.28%
NEWMARKET : 15.05%
STEEL DYNAMICS: 12.61%
CORTEVA : 8.37%
RELIANCE STEEL: 7.15%
ECOLAB : 2.27%
NUCOR : 0.33%

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12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials Sector using Exchange Traded Funds
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF)that help investors have diversified materials portfolio.

List of leveraged ETFs thattrack twice or thrice the daily returns of materials indices help traders in making short term movements of  materials sector (both up and down).

12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Materials Sector

TickerETF NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceChange %Week %Year-to-date %
UYMProShares Ultra Basic Materials  Double21.262.920.24-6.3%
XLBMaterials SPDR Chemicals82.7711.410.18-1.16%
SLXMarket Vectors Steel  Metals60.601.540.733.66%
GLDstreetTRACKS Gold  Precious Metals309.071.161.4227.65%
DBAPowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Agricultural27.290.90-0.692.63%
AGQUltra Silver Double41.176.410.9622.28%
SLViShares Silver Trust Precious Metals30.193.070.4714.66%
XMEMetals & Mining SPDR MINING -NON FERR56.922.410.670.42%
UGLUltra Gold Double145.252.212.8855.38%
MOOAgribusiness ETF Agricultural68.481.730.716.14%
GDXGold Miners  Precious Metals49.431.381.2745.77%
SEAShipping ETF Materials12.240.000.29-5.83%
ZSLUltraShort Silver Short30.81-48.33-0.69-26.65%
SMNProShares UltraShort Basic Materials  Short16.23-2.54-0.62-1.75%
GLLUltraShort Gold Short10.93-2.26-2.67-37.83%
 Market data as of 28-Apr-25
12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials using Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance of various materials stocks.

One can glean long and short term trends by sorting list of materials stocks by performance over daily, weekly or year-to-date periods.

12Stocks.com Performance of Materials Stocks

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceChange %Weekly Change%YTD Change%
CBTCabot Corporation Materials78.972.67-0.29-13.08%
AAAlcoa Corporation Materials25.564.53-0.58-32.13%
IEIvanhoe Electric Inc. Materials6.590.710.61-12.72%
MTXMinerals Technologies Inc. Materials50.933.34-3.87-33.07%
XUnited States Steel Corporation Materials43.2555.401.3427.42%
HLHecla Mining Company Materials5.8720.430.3419.64%
KROKronos Worldwide, Inc. Materials7.5930.20-1.17-21.62%
KALUKaiser Aluminum Corporation Materials64.384.896.13-6.25%
CLFCleveland-Cliffs Inc. Materials8.17-16.653.29-13.09%
CENTACentral Garden & Pet Company Materials30.392.740.4-8.05%
PRMPerimeter Solutions, SA Materials10.161.69-0.39-20.5%
CDECoeur Mining, Inc. Materials5.70137.310.53-0.35%
TROXTronox Holdings plc Materials5.598.81-0.18-43.58%
HCCWarrior Met Coal, Inc. Materials48.870.57-0.47-9.74%
MTRNMaterion Corporation Materials82.3812.72-0.97-16.58%
CSTMConstellium SE Materials9.15-8.61-1.61-10.91%
IAUXi-80 Gold Corp. Materials0.650.982.3133.42%
TGTredegar Corporation Materials7.625.802.56-0.78%
OECOrion Engineered Carbons S.A. Materials12.123.250.75-23.12%
METCBRamaco Resources, Inc. Materials8.950.180.56-7.38%
FFFutureFuel Corp. Materials4.110.98-0.96-21.21%
AVDAmerican Vanguard Corporation Materials4.164.451.22-10.15%
HWKNHawkins, Inc. Materials123.40146.51-0.880.76%
VHIValhi, Inc. Materials16.03116.45-2.02-31.16%
ASIXAdvanSix Inc. Materials21.01-15.74-0.43-25.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Cabot CorporationCBT Cabot Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1261.47 Millions
Recent Price: 78.97    
Day Percent Change: Cabot Corporation%     Day Change: 2.71
Week Change: -0.29%     Year-to-date Change: -13.1%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Alcoa CorporationAA Alcoa Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 1248.08 Millions
Recent Price: 25.56    
Day Percent Change: Alcoa Corporation%     Day Change: 1.47
Week Change: -0.58%     Year-to-date Change: -32.1%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Ivanhoe Electric Inc.IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 1200 Millions
Recent Price: 6.59    
Day Percent Change: Ivanhoe Electric Inc.%     Day Change: 0.05
Week Change: 0.61%     Year-to-date Change: -12.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Minerals Technologies Inc.MTX Minerals Technologies Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 1155.36 Millions
Recent Price: 50.93    
Day Percent Change: Minerals Technologies Inc.%     Day Change: 2.48
Week Change: -3.87%     Year-to-date Change: -33.1%
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Monthly Stock Chart of United States Steel CorporationX United States Steel Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 1062.88 Millions
Recent Price: 43.25    
Day Percent Change: United States Steel Corporation%     Day Change: 13.24
Week Change: 1.34%     Year-to-date Change: 27.4%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Hecla Mining CompanyHL Hecla Mining Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 1048.49 Millions
Recent Price: 5.87    
Day Percent Change: Hecla Mining Company%     Day Change: 1.05
Week Change: 0.34%     Year-to-date Change: 19.6%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Kronos Worldwide, Inc.KRO Kronos Worldwide, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1046.57 Millions
Recent Price: 7.59    
Day Percent Change: Kronos Worldwide, Inc.%     Day Change: 2.73
Week Change: -1.17%     Year-to-date Change: -21.6%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALU Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 969.808 Millions
Recent Price: 64.38    
Day Percent Change: Kaiser Aluminum Corporation%     Day Change: 3.47
Week Change: 6.13%     Year-to-date Change: -6.3%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 957.61 Millions
Recent Price: 8.17    
Day Percent Change: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.%     Day Change: -2.65
Week Change: 3.29%     Year-to-date Change: -13.1%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENTA Central Garden & Pet Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 953 Millions
Recent Price: 30.39    
Day Percent Change: Central Garden & Pet Company%     Day Change: 0.91
Week Change: 0.4%     Year-to-date Change: -8.1%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Perimeter Solutions, SAPRM Perimeter Solutions, SA
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 930 Millions
Recent Price: 10.16    
Day Percent Change: Perimeter Solutions, SA%     Day Change: 0.19
Week Change: -0.39%     Year-to-date Change: -20.5%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE Coeur Mining, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 853.219 Millions
Recent Price: 5.70    
Day Percent Change: Coeur Mining, Inc.%     Day Change: 3.68
Week Change: 0.53%     Year-to-date Change: -0.4%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Tronox Holdings plcTROX Tronox Holdings plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 807 Millions
Recent Price: 5.59    
Day Percent Change: Tronox Holdings plc%     Day Change: 1.16
Week Change: -0.18%     Year-to-date Change: -43.6%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Warrior Met Coal, Inc.HCC Warrior Met Coal, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 748.81 Millions
Recent Price: 48.87    
Day Percent Change: Warrior Met Coal, Inc.%     Day Change: 0.33
Week Change: -0.47%     Year-to-date Change: -9.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Materion CorporationMTRN Materion Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 703.71 Millions
Recent Price: 82.38    
Day Percent Change: Materion Corporation%     Day Change: 13.44
Week Change: -0.97%     Year-to-date Change: -16.6%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Constellium SECSTM Constellium SE
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 646.608 Millions
Recent Price: 9.15    
Day Percent Change: Constellium SE%     Day Change: -1.56
Week Change: -1.61%     Year-to-date Change: -10.9%
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Monthly Stock Chart of i-80 Gold Corp.IAUX i-80 Gold Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 616 Millions
Recent Price: 0.65    
Day Percent Change: i-80 Gold Corp.%     Day Change: 0.01
Week Change: 2.31%     Year-to-date Change: 33.4%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Tredegar CorporationTG Tredegar Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 545.057 Millions
Recent Price: 7.62    
Day Percent Change: Tredegar Corporation%     Day Change: 0.33
Week Change: 2.56%     Year-to-date Change: -0.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.OEC Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 493.457 Millions
Recent Price: 12.12    
Day Percent Change: Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.%     Day Change: 0.57
Week Change: 0.75%     Year-to-date Change: -23.1%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Ramaco Resources, Inc.METCB Ramaco Resources, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Coking Coal
MarketCap: 469 Millions
Recent Price: 8.95    
Day Percent Change: Ramaco Resources, Inc.%     Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: 0.56%     Year-to-date Change: -7.4%
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Monthly Stock Chart of FutureFuel Corp.FF FutureFuel Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 450.736 Millions
Recent Price: 4.11    
Day Percent Change: FutureFuel Corp.%     Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -0.96%     Year-to-date Change: -21.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of American Vanguard CorporationAVD American Vanguard Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 419.329 Millions
Recent Price: 4.16    
Day Percent Change: American Vanguard Corporation%     Day Change: 0.25
Week Change: 1.22%     Year-to-date Change: -10.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Hawkins, Inc.HWKN Hawkins, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 398.957 Millions
Recent Price: 123.40    
Day Percent Change: Hawkins, Inc.%     Day Change: 74.40
Week Change: -0.88%     Year-to-date Change: 0.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Valhi, Inc.VHI Valhi, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 394.336 Millions
Recent Price: 16.03    
Day Percent Change: Valhi, Inc.%     Day Change: 16.00
Week Change: -2.02%     Year-to-date Change: -31.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of AdvanSix Inc.ASIX AdvanSix Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 394.136 Millions
Recent Price: 21.01    
Day Percent Change: AdvanSix Inc.%     Day Change: -5.66
Week Change: -0.43%     Year-to-date Change: -25.8%
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LIN448.007.4-0.1 22.0
ECL239.032.30.4 33.5
APD269.45-6.00.9 0.7
MP24.8559.31.8 1.2
SHW332.20-2.10.2 0.3
NEM54.0746.10.2 1.2
DD65.67-13.40.0 1.2
DOW29.95-24.0-0.2 -2.7
PPG102.96-13.30.4 -11.7
CTVA61.568.40.2 2.2
LYB58.72-19.6-1.2 2.2
IFF76.29-9.30.1 -0.4
NUE116.570.30.7 1.4
FCX37.24-1.4-0.3 3.3
FMC41.59-13.31.0 2.7
CE43.81-36.70.6 2.1
AVTR12.49-40.7-3.4 2.5
RPM105.11-13.80.6 1.7
EMN75.71-16.3-0.2 19.8
ALB58.55-31.61.4 -53.7
CF79.64-6.11.5 2.3
RS287.287.21.1 1.1
WLK93.06-18.4-0.4 4.8
SMG53.72-18.21.2 34.6
RGLD180.8438.01.1 1.6
NEU604.6615.10.6 20.9
STLD127.9412.60.5 1.8
MOS29.5421.31.4 2.8
AXTA31.74-7.3-0.3 22.4
BCPC156.09-4.21.6 3.0
HUN13.39-24.60.5 4.6
WDFC223.03-7.3-0.2 2.0
ASH53.41-24.80.6 2.2
KNF92.20-9.3-0.3 4.1
NG4.3530.6-2.0 2.3
KWR105.16-24.70.1 -7.1
OLN21.87-34.8-0.6 3.8
SXT90.0727.1-1.0 2.4
ESI20.04-21.0-0.8 3.1
SCL48.19-25.1-0.1 -17.8
CMC44.25-10.10.2 2.7
CC12.34-25.8-0.2 -47.7
SLVM60.23-22.81.1 2.3
IOSP89.80-18.40.0 2.1
FUL54.29-19.3-0.5 15.4
SSRM10.6352.73.7 5.5
CMP13.0015.63.8 -1.3
WOR49.9825.10.5 3.0
ROCK52.59-10.7-1.1 4.3
NGVT32.52-20.2-1.1 -30.7
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